DODGERS: The former agent of Magic Johnson was hired as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Lon Rosen will start work May 17. ... Centerfielder Dave Roberts left the game against Florida with a strained right hamstring.

EXPOS: Major league baseball's relocation committee is expected to meet Thursday with Washington mayor Anthony A. Williams to discuss the city's bid for the team. A plan that calls for the District of Columbia to fund a park built on the grounds of RFK Stadium for $340-million. City leaders also will present baseball officials with three other sites, each probably costing much more than a stadium at the RFK property.

Also, left-hander Rigo Beltran was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Thursday, and right-hander Jeremy Fikac was recalled from Triple-A Edmonton.

MARINERS: The team exercised manager Bob Melvin's 2005 option despite the team's poor start. Seattle entered its game against Minnesota last in the AL West at 9-16. Melvin signed a two-year deal with an option in November 2002, succeeding Lou Piniella, now the Rays manager. ... Right-hander Kevin Jarvis was released, but the team must pay the remainder of his $4.25-million salary. Right-hander Rafael Soriano was recalled from a minor-league rehabilitation assignment and infielder Willie Bloomquist (strained lower back) was placed on the DL, retroactive to Sunday.

MARLINS: Second baseman Luis Castillo has a fractured left pinkie and did not start against the Dodgers. He was hurt sliding into second in San Francisco on Sunday. He pinch ran in the 10th inning and did not play the field.

METS: Reliever Ricky Bottalico was brought up from Triple-A Norfolk and pitcher Grant Roberts was designated for assignment.

REDS: Centerfielder Ken Griffey (hamstring) was held out as a precaution because of a The leg felt better but manager Dave Miley held him in reserve as a pinch-hitter.

NADER MAD AT ADS: Presidential candidate Ralph Nader called the advertisements on uniforms during the season's opening series an "obscene embarrassment" and sent a letter of protest Tuesday. The ads appeared on the uniform sleeves and caps of the Rays and Yankees during their two-game series in Tokyo on March 30-31.

"This overcommercialization is sapping the fun out of being a fan of major league baseball," Nader wrote in his letter to Selig. "Now, you have sunk to a greedy new low."